more illegal us drone strikes in pakistan
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the tea party - a front group for banksters amp billionaires
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in the fall of 1773 - a group of revolutionaries dressed up like indians - boarded a ship belonging to the east india tea company - and dumped over a million dollars worth of tea over the rail and into boston harbor it was later called the boston tea party - the first act in a drama that eventually led to the revolutionary war - and the birth of the united states of america what most people don039t know about the boston tea party is why exactly it happened - what the colonists were actually protesting against it wasn039t just against the king or taxation without representation or a fight for freedom it was a protest against corporate control over the north american economy it came after the british parliament - who were mostly shareholders in the british east india company - gave the largest corporate tax break in the history of the world to the world039s then-largest corporation the east india company - so it could pull a wal-mart and put out of business all the local tea sellers up and down the east coast of the colonies enraged by that blatant example of crony capitalism - the tea act of 1773 - the colonists put feathers on their heads and dumped the tea overboard - and the rest is history our nation has a history of - and in fact was founded on - rebelling against corporate monopolies and rage about corporations getting huge tax breaks from parliamentwhich brings us to today - when tens of thousands of americans across the nation have taken to the streets to once again protest against too much corporate power and corporate corruption of our government they039re protesting against massive tax breaks for job outsourcers tax subsidies for insanely profitable oil corporations and bailouts for wall street banksters and in the irony of all ironies - it just so happens that the most corrupt of our politicians today - the most in-the-bag for the big corporations - are calling themselves tea partiers a lot of the discontent of today was sewn three years ago wall street got bailed out - and the rest of us were stuck with the worst recession since the great depression while banksters were cutting fat bonus checks to each other americans knew they got screwed and the banksters ceos and corporate politicians knew that americans knew they got screwed so they tapped into that anger to defend themselves

were the san francisco vandals paid provocateurs
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on a massive day of action like this - there039s always a debate over what sort of tactics should be used to advance the movement forward and although the occupy movement has prided itself primarily as a peaceful movement - there are elements within it that have endorsed more destructive tactics last night - on the eve of may day - a group of 50 protestors took to the streets in san francisco armed with crow bars - splattering paint on buildings breaking storefront and car windows - and even lighting an suv on fire the local occupy movement condemned the vandalism - but it039s not the first time that such a tactic has been employed in the background of peaceful occupy rallies joshua holland alternet joins thom hartman from oakland - the site of some of the most tumultuous encounters between the occupy movement and police

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crazy alert worst dentist ever

how do you create change through mass movements
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historically - labor organizations have spearheaded economic change in america through strikes rallies and marches in fact - may day itself - or what039s better known today as international workers day -has its roots in the labor movement of the 19th century demanding better working conditions and pay during the robber baron era in america and today - as workers now face similar challenges - the labor movement is once again organizing and in the streets richard trumka - the president of the afl-cio released a statement on today039s action saying quotworkers039 rights should be universal and every person - no matter what nationality ethnicity or gender - must have equal rights and the opportunity to achieve a better lifequot stewart acuff joins thomhe is the chief of staff with the utility workers union of america and former director of organizing at the afl-cio he039s also the author of the book quotplaying bigger than you are: a life in organizingquot

the dark side of recycling
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welcome back to our special coverage of today039s may day events may day used to be a day set aside for immigrant workers in america - however - after opposition from the us government - the day quickly lost most of it039s relevance in our country but - despite being dormant for decades - may day and its legacy are able to live on today thanks in large part to america039s immigrant workers in 2006 - immigrant activists organized quota day without an immigrantquot - a nationwide strike of immigrant workers it turned out to be one of the the largest demonstrations and protests of workers in american history and today - immigrants are making their make on this year039s may day as well joining thom hartmann now to discuss this is axel caballero - founder and producer of cuentame - a brave new foundation campaign

may day hits capitalism
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so what039s the big picture to today039s events yes there039s enormous wealth inequality yes the economy still isn039t producing wealth for the vast majority of us yes there039s wall street still making huge profits off screwing over customers yes students are saddled with a trillion dollars in loans but why is all of this happening absent of the political will to do this - how will it get done through mass rallies like we039re seeing today or do things have to get really badhere with some answers is prof richard wolff - professor at new school university and author of numerous books including quotcapitalism hits the fan: the global economic meltdown and what to do about itquot

the good the bad and the very very carnificialously ugly
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the good bob beckel you may have heard how comedian jon lovitz recently attacked president obama over his desire for wealthy americans to pay more taxes the bad rep joe walsh at a town hall meeting over the weekend - the tea party congressman told illinois constituents that president obama was elected by americans because he was black the very very ugly us senate candidate richard mourdock next week - mourdock - a hard-right conservative - is expected to beat incumbent senator dick lugar in indiana039s republican primary that039s bad news for the people of indiana - and the rest of america

how romney rich fat cats are destroying america
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zaid jilani republic report joins thom hartmann between right-wing think tanks like the american legislative exchange council writing our laws on behalf of corporate interests - to lawmakers in washington dc doing the will of lobbyists just to keep the campaign contributions coming in - our democracy is growing more and more unresponsive to the people and it039s one reason why many americans think they can make more of a difference in the streets than in the ballot box

full show 5112: may day: global day of action
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thom talks to ows participants about their roles in today039s global day of action in many parts of the world today is better known as 039may day039 it039s a day when working class people take to the streets to demand fair wages and better treatment thom also talks to economist richard wolff about the significance of the growing number of ows protesters on the streets and their anger over too much corporate power and corporate corruption of the us government

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vladimir putin discusses strikes in ukraine with glass of champagne in hand - youtube
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russian president vladimir putin has now said he is open to more prisoner swaps with the us after exchanging wnba star brittney griner for 039merchant of death039 arms dealer viktor bout in a move many saw as a victory for the kremlin039we aren039t refusing to continue this work in the future039 putin said after bout arrived home to a hero039s welcome in moscow and griner touched down in san antonio texas in the early hours of friday morningputin said 039everything is on the table039 and pointed to 039compromises039 found in the past - while the white house faces criticism for leaving marine veteran paul whelan languishing in a russian jail while the olympic medallist was brought home

party atmosphere at gaddafi compound
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as libya039s no-fly zone is handed over to nato control there is a defiant mood at gaddafi039s compound follow us on twitter at http:twittercomitn

one ok rock: take what you want ft 5 seconds of summer lyric video
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one ok rock039s lyric video for 039take what you want ft 5 seconds of summer from their new album ambitions available now on fueled by ramena-sketch stream downloadspotify: http:smarturlitoorambitions-spapple music: http:smarturlitoorambitions-amitunes: http:smarturlitoorambitionsgoogle play: http:smarturlitoorambitions-gpamazon: http:smarturlitoorambitions-azfind one ok rock onsite: http:wwwoneokrockcomfacebook: http:smarturlitoorfacebooktwitter: http:smarturlitoortwitterinstagram: http:smarturlitoorinstagramyoutube: http:smarturlitooryoutubespotify: http:smarturlitoorspotifydirected by johnny chewlyricstake what you wanttake what you want and go come and gone the perfect stormon and on never endingopen doors empty armsdont look back no pretending i don039t want anything in our broken home not the memories or the things we ownnot the picture of us on the wall so take what you want can you hear m

a new snowden whistleblower leaks trove of documents on drones amp obamas assassination program
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newly leaked government documents have provided an unprecedented window into the secret us drone assassination program across the globe in the quotdrone papersquot the intercept reveals drone strikes have resulted from unreliable intelligence stemming in large part from electronic communications data or quotsignals intelligencequot that officials acknowledge is insufficient the documents also undermine government claims that the drone strikes have been precise in afghanistan strikes on 35 direct targets killed at least 219 other people among other revelations they also suggest the strikes have hurt intelligence gathering and that unknown male victims have been labeled as quotenemies killed in actionquot unless evidence later proves otherwise the documents were leaked to the intercept by an unnamed us intelligence sourcedemocracynoworg - democracy now is an independent global news hour that airs weekdays on 1300 tv and radio stations monday through friday watch our livestream 8-9am et: http:democracynoworgplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today: http:democracynoworgdonatefollow democracy now online:facebook: http:facebookcomdemocracynow twitter: https:twittercomdemocracynowyoutube: http:youtubecomuserdemocracynow soundcloud: http:soundcloudcomdemocracynow daily email: http:democracynoworgsubscribe google: https:plusgooglecomdemocracynowinstagram: http:instagramcomdemocracynowtumblr: http:democracynowtumblrpinterest: http:pinterestcomdemocracynowitunes: https:itunesapplecompodcastdemocracy-now-audioid73802554tunein: http:tuneincomradiodemocracy-now-p90stitcher radio: http:wwwstitchercompodcastdemocracy-now